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A framed painted portrait of a seated bare-chested saint on a red cushioned seat with a red cloth, placed before an ornate golden arched backdrop with deer motifs. He wears a red shawl, long black and white beaded malas, a tripundra mark and an upper-arm bracelet, and holds a small vessel, with silver bowls and a silver box with lamps arranged before him. The painted frame is wooden, and the Tamil heading reads Madurai Aadheenam. The painting is a depiction, not a live person, and the caption identifies the subject as a guru of the lineage.

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A framed painted portrait of a seated Shaiva guru, a painting rather than a photograph of a living person. The figure is bare-chested with a red-orange cloth draped over one shoulder and waist, wearing rudraksha beads on the neck and arms, a horizontal white tripundra with a red dot on the forehead, and dark mala beads around the head. He sits on a red cushion before an ornate gold throne with deer and a gold arched backrest, with silver ritual vessels, a silver casket and a lidded silver urn in front of him. Green cushions flank him. The painting's Tamil heading reads Madurai Aadheenam and a caption below names a teacher as the 221st guru of the lineage. No physical people are present.2012-05-12A framed painted poster titled in red Tamil script at top, depicting a seated sage on a red cushioned dais before a golden arched halo with lion-like motifs and floral borders. The figure has a shaved head, white tilak and red bindi, a rudraksha mala crown, multiple beaded malas, a golden pendant, and a red-orange shawl draped over one shoulder; both hands rest on green cushions beside silver vessels, a silver casket with lit lamps, and a silver covered urn. The top banner reads Madurai Aadheenam and the lower caption names a guru in red Tamil text. The painted figure is a depiction, not a physical person in the scene. Its rendering is consistent with a portrait of an Aadheenam head, labelled by caption rather than identified by face.2012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12May 11 20122012-05-11A framed printed poster of a seated young male saint, shown as a painted depiction rather than a live person. He is bare-chested with a white forehead marking and a red dot, wears rudraksha malas on his neck and arms, a gold pendant, and a red shawl over a red cloth. He sits on a red cushioned seat before a golden ornate arch with two small animal figures, with green fans, a silver incense stand, a silver box and a silver urn set in front of him. The top banner reads Madurai Aadheenam in red Tamil script, and the lower caption gives a numbered Tamil title for a guru lineage seat.2012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12A framed painted poster of a seated Shaivite religious teacher on a red cushioned mat, backed by an ornate gold throne-like panel and green floral wall. He wears an orange-red dhoti and wrap, a white jasmine garland, a rudraksha mala over the chest, and white tripundra lines on the forehead and arms, with a red bindi. Silver ritual vessels and a spiral incense coil sit before him on the mat. The top banner reads Tamil text for Madurai Aadheenam, and the bottom caption names a list of 129th-generation guru pontiffs. No physical people are present; the seated figure is painted, so this is a depiction on a poster.2012-05-11May 12 20122012-05-12A framed painted portrait of a seated religious teacher hangs on a wall. The figure has a shaved head with a black braid-like ring of hair, a red bindi, a black bead necklace, rudraksha-style malas, and a red-orange shawl over the shoulders. He sits on a red cushion with blue floral pillows before a gold ornate arch and throne backdrop, with a silver kalasha, a small silver box, and a silver bowl placed in front of him. The painting is captioned at top in Tamil and at bottom with a Tamil inscription, rendered in red on a light background within a dark wooden frame. The depiction is a painted portrait, so no physical people are present.2012-05-12A framed painted portrait of a seated religious teacher in an arched golden alcove, shown as a painting rather than a living person. The figure wears a saffron-orange cloth, a black rudraksha mala around the neck and arms, a grey-white beaded necklace, and a red tilak on the forehead with a golden crown above. Before him on a red cloth are silver ritual vessels: a covered urn, a box and a bowl. The top banner reads Madurai Aadheenam and a Tamil caption beneath names the 199th guru-pitha of Madurai Aadheenam, Sri Sri Madhurese Sri Gnanasambandha Desikaparamacharya Swamigal. The painting is a scan of a portrait and contains no physical people.2012-05-12A framed painted portrait titled in Tamil as Madurai Aadheenam, showing a seated bare-chested saint with a shaved head, red tilak and tall gold-rimmed backdrop. He wears a red-and-white shawl, silver and black rudraksha-style beaded malas, arm bands, and sits on a red cushion with silver ritual vessels including a kalasha-type urn, a box and a bowl. The Tamil caption below reads as a guru lineage title. The portrait is a depiction on a painted print, not a physical person, and the appearance-based identity is not established by printed text alone.2012-05-12